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Solved: Wendax 245 - AC / Reliant Model 70 prototype
« on: July 01, 2011, 02:35:53 AM »
No thrills, no frills, no idea what it is?

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2011, 02:17:09 AM »
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2011, 09:06:48 AM »
Anything to do with Reliant?
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2011, 09:07:55 AM »
Not as far as I know
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2011, 06:07:51 AM »
I think it does : I have the exact same pictures in a book at home and it says 'Reliant Model 70'!

Unfortunatly, I have no more information at the moment, but I'll look it up when I get home ...
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2011, 06:26:37 AM »
That is interesting. I have a different manufacturer. Perhaps Reliant developped it for the other one? I'm eager to hear from you.
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2011, 02:27:13 AM »
According to my information (it's not alot), there's were 3 Reliant-prototypes developed in the beginning of the seventies with a Steyr-Puch engine, called the Model 70. The first one, a threewheeler, was later donated to a retiring Chief Designer. The second one (a threewheeler and basicly the same car as the first one, but with round headlamps) and the third one (a fourwheeler with round headlamps AND the car in your photo) was later used for little runabouts in the factory. The whereabouts of the 3 cars are unknown ...
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2011, 02:16:54 PM »
Amazing, I agree to the Steyr-Puch engine and the three prototypes based on a "Model 70", but still have a different manufacturer. I could imagine that Reliant was involved. Locked for you to find the manufacturer I have. If we are talking about the same three prototypes, one of them can be found in one of my former puzzles.
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2011, 03:23:06 PM »
It doesn't say the exact manufacturer in the info I have (although it is exactly the same picture) ; all I have is "AC Town Car" from 1971-1972 (the first prototype has numberplate KPA185K), but no manufacturer ... Oh, and the retiring chief designer was J. C. Reardon, who had previously worked for rival carriage maker Stanley Engineering in Egham.

The first one (KPA185K) has been in a puzzle before: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=16004.0 (nr. 30)

That all I have, so I can't give you more info on this one ...
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2011, 04:41:06 PM »
AC was the manufacturer I found this car labeled at.

One point for you, and I learned of the Reliant connection.  :)
« Last Edit: July 20, 2011, 03:42:05 AM by Wendax »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 245 - AC / Reliant Model 70 prototype
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2011, 05:08:07 PM »
There's also a resemblance to the Israeli Sussita - add a boot and squint a bit
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Re: Wendax 245
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2011, 06:30:24 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on July 14, 2011, 04:41:06 PM
AC was the manufacturer I found this car labeled at.


I'm glad they went for the Cobra instead...!
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NEH 4847
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2016, 07:29:10 AM »
What's this car, for 1 point?:

Remember - solving puzzles using 'Google Search by Image' is BANNED on AutoPuzzles!
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2016, 08:02:14 AM »
The prototype of a shrunk Sussita?
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2016, 09:34:59 AM »
Quote from: Lorenzo721 on August 30, 2016, 08:02:14 AM
The prototype of a shrunk Sussita?

No relation to Sabra Sussista..
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2016, 05:05:40 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2016, 10:03:50 AM »
any mini connection?
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #17 on: September 13, 2016, 10:18:46 AM »
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #18 on: September 13, 2016, 10:33:05 AM »
any ties with Gordon bedson?
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #19 on: September 13, 2016, 11:13:11 AM »
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2016, 12:35:22 PM »
a wild guess,italian by any chance?
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2016, 01:57:00 PM »
Asian?
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #22 on: September 13, 2016, 02:21:53 PM »
It's neither Italian nor Asian...
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #23 on: September 13, 2016, 03:34:07 PM »
is it a british prototype for small commuter car?
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Re: NEH 4847
« Reply #24 on: September 13, 2016, 10:08:33 PM »
From the former Soviet Union?
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